Mochdre

"MOUGHTREY (MOCH-DRE), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of MONTGOMERY, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 3 miles (S. W.) from Newtown, containing 544 inhabitants. It constituted formerly, with the parish of Kerry, a district in the ancient province of Ferregs, ... The church, dedicated to All Saints, ... There is a place of worship for Independents. ..." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833]

Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.

As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives;

Baptisms 1682, 1685-1714, 1717-18, 1722-6, 1729-1993; Marriages 1729-1971, 1984-98; Burials 1695-1715, 1723-4, 1729-1993; Banns 1824-1976
Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, and/or Powys Archives.
Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW

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